comptrollers
comptrollers is the plural of comptroller.
Meaning of comptroller
Noun
comptroller (plural comptrollers)
- The chief accountant of a company or government.
- So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.1660 February 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 1st, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
- Synonyms:
- administrator, chief, controller, foreman, head, head man, organiser, organizer, overseer, superintendent
Questions about comptrollers
- What is comptrollers the plural of?
- Comptrollers is the plural of comptroller.
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